Summary In order to stop a Manhattan plague carried by cockroaches, an entomologist creates a mutant breed of insect to kill the roaches and stop the epidemic. Although, the insects were engineered to die after one generation, three years later they are still inhabiting subterranean Manhattan...and now they can mimic human form.
Cast and Crew Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Writing Credits:
Donald A. Wollheim (short story Mimic)
Matthew Robbins (screenplay & screen story)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay & screenstory)
Mira Sorvino .... Dr. Susan Tyler
Jeremy Northam .... Dr. Peter Mann
Alexander Goodwin .... Chuy
Giancarlo Giannini .... Manny
Charles Dutton .... Leonard
Josh Brolin .... Josh
Alix Koromzay .... Remy
F. Murray Abraham .... Dr. Gates
What GDT Had To Say
"I was really happy with how [Mimic] turned out visually--I think it's a beautiful movie to look at, but what's painful for me about the film is not what it is, but what it could have been. For instance, there's a pretty f***ing neat line that was removed from the original screenplay. Essentially Susan Tyler is in the middle of the conflict and someone asks her how to get out of their situation and Tyler says, "I have no f***ing idea--everything I knew about insects flew out the window when these things showed up. They're six feet long and all I know about them is that they have nothing to do with human nature--they have six legs, they have eight eyes, they have no heart and white blood, and they don't give a s**t about us." And another thing that was expurgated was this really perverse moment: I have a huge wall of insects f***ing in the subway--it's a bug orgy. Suddenly one of the insects chases them with the female still attached to his penis which is really creepy and cool--but I guess a little too freaky for a major studio."
(from an interview by Walter Chaw, FilmFreakCentral)
28-Sep-2009, GDT on Director's Cut DVD "MIMIC is looking fabulous. Some of the negative had been lost but we found alternatives and are finishing the Director's Cut. VERY HAPPY!!"
